Thanks for your response.
I don't immediately see any patterns that are applicable however I will review the section again. Frank -----Original Message----- From: Paul D. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:45 PM To: Frank Dicostanzo Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Multiple targets via a single process (when using multiple jobs) %% "Frank Dicostanzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: fd> I would like to specify that a single operation creates multiple fd> files. fd> target1 target2 target3: dep1 ... fd> create-targets... If your targets are all related by a pattern you can define a pattern rule with multiple target patterns (see the GNU make manual): %1 %2 %3 : ... This behaves as you want. fd> I am thinking that the only way to do it is to create a virtual fd> file which represents the multiple targets and make the targets1-3 fd> dependant upon it. Its construction would then create the fd> targets. Is there a more direct way? Not for targets which are unrelated via a pattern. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/ "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
